A Boy's Best Friend
"A Boy's Best Friend" | |
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Short story by Isaac Asimov | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Publication | |
Published in | Boys' Life |
Publication date | March 1975 |
"A Boy's Best Friend" is a 1975 science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It has been collected in The Complete Robot and first appeared in Boys' Life, March 1975.[1]
Plot summary
Jimmy’s family is settled on the Moon. Since Jimmy was born on the Moon, he is greatly accustomed to life and dangers on the Moon. Robutt, a robot-dog, was Jimmy’s companion. One day his father decided to bring a real dog from the earth. He hoped that a real dog is better than Robutt. However, Jimmy was not happy to get a real dog because he had become greatly attached to Robutt
Similarities to other stories
Quoting Asimov himself, "you may find in it (the story) a distant echo of Robbie". That story, written 35 years before, also involves a relationship between a child and a robot.
References
- ^ "A Boy's Best Friend". Good Reads.
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- "A Boy's Best Friend"
- "Sally"
- "Someday"
- "Point of View"
- "Think!"
- "True Love"
- "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"
- "Victory Unintentional"
- "Stranger in Paradise"
- "Light Verse"
- "Segregationist"
- "Robbie"
- "Let's Get Together"
- "Mirror Image"
- "The Tercentenary Incident"
- "First Law"
- "Runaround"
- "Reason"
- "Catch That Rabbit"
- "Liar!"
- "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
- "Lenny"
- "Galley Slave"
- "Little Lost Robot"
- "Risk"
- "Escape!"
- "Evidence"
- "The Evitable Conflict"
- "Feminine Intuition"
- ". . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him"
- "The Bicentennial Man"
External links
- A Boy's Best Friend title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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